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Chapter 149

The next day was sunny and sunny.

After getting permission, Ren Ning and Lei went out to Nanfeng Capital.

Their trip was not to attack the city, but to check the situation.

Thirty miles away, the western city wall appeared in front of me after a while.

In the binoculars, Ren Ning silently looked at the word "Song Ping" on the top of the wall.

The characters are standard Yunchui characters, and the culture of Nanfeng is mostly inherited from Yunchui.

However, such a remote and small country is somewhat unrealistic and whimsical.It actually wants to destroy its cultural mother country, and this mother country is more than 30 times larger than itself...

wishful thinking!

Ren Ning smiled disdainfully, and continued to look towards the top of the city.

Although Songping City is not big, the city wall is quite high, as long as three and a half feet.Moreover, the city wall is made of large bricks and stones, which looks extremely solid, and it may be difficult to damage it for a while.

There were people coming and going on the top of the city, all kinds of defense facilities were arranged neatly, and there was even curling heat from time to time. It seemed that the golden juice boiled water and so on had been boiled overnight, and they were ready to defend the city.

Take a closer look.

The area of ​​tens of feet outside the city was dug to pieces, and there were ditches of different sizes all over the ground.

Because of the abundance of water resources, almost all the trenches are seeped with turbid groundwater, the depth of which is unknown for a while, and a foul stench can be smelled when approaching.

It is estimated that a lot of gold juice and even poison were thrown into the trenches.

In addition, the rest of the place is either sprinkled with sharp thorns or stacked with layers of block horses.Let people have nowhere to stay.

Several people watched blankly, then turned around and left on horseback.

After a turn, it turned to Beicheng.

Most of the trenches under the northern city had been filled, directly to the edge of the range of the bows and arrows of the Nanfeng people.

The soldiers at Zhennanguan are busy.

Some people lined up to be vigilant, guarding against the sudden attack of the defenders in the city.

Others are building large-scale siege equipment, and others are building large-scale construction projects, and even built a tall earthen platform ten feet away from the city.

Ren Ning and the others walked around and walked to a boarding car that had just been assembled with great interest.

This climbing vehicle is extremely large in size. When it is fully unfolded, the steps are as high as four feet and as wide as half a foot. It can accommodate eight to ten people abreast.

What attracted Ren Ning's attention was its pillars.

The thigh-thick load-bearing columns were dark and exuded metallic light.

Touching it curiously, Ren Ning couldn't help but be speechless.

This column is actually iron.

Luxury.There are not many irons these days.

The rolling logs on the top of Song Ping's city were all inlaid with thick wooden nails, and the things scattered outside the city were all of caltrops. Even the arrows and spears in the hands of some soldiers did not have iron heads.

And the iron here in Zhennanguan is actually used as a pillar.

The great difference in strength between the two countries can be seen.

When Li Hebai got the news, he hurried over to greet him.

When they met, he smiled and cupped his hands: "When did General Ren come here? Why are you also interested in siege equipment?"

The Starfall Legion has a clear position in the Yunchui Empire. It is the field elite of the border guards and is usually used to carry out tactical surprise attacks.

Siege warfare consumes the most kills, and they are not good at it.

Unless forced to, the legion general or Emperor Yunchui would not order them to climb the heavily guarded city head-on in a feverish manner.

"Just arrived." Ren Ning looked the other party up and down, saw that the scars on Li Hebai's body had been removed, and said with a smile: "Just now I saw that the boarding car was unexpectedly big, so I came over to have a look."

Hey.

Li Hebai's smile was somewhat smug.

"This boarding car is our secret weapon in Zhennan Pass. It was originally built for Hushou Pass. It's just that Hushou Pass was broken before it was put into use."

Suddenly, Ren Ning looked around.

Most of the siege equipment had just arrived from the pier, and there were not many boarding vehicles assembled at this time, only a handful of five.

Looking north, there are still countless parts in the field of vision.

"Are there many rides like this?" he asked.

Li Hebai hesitated for a moment.

"Zhennanguan has a lot of boarding vehicles in hand, and the number of all assembled is still quite large, but there are not enough boats to transport them all out."

Boom!

He patted the boarding car in front of him.

"As for this kind of climbing vehicle, its base and columns are all made of iron, which is equipment that has only arrived in recent years. We don't have many in hand, only five."

"It's just a trial stage now. The Ministry of War wants to see its advantages and disadvantages before deciding whether it's worth building on a large scale."

Ren Ning nodded, expressing his understanding.

Construction and handling costs are one aspect, and vehicle weight is another.

During the siege, the land outside the city was usually dug up in a mess.

Although it can be backfilled, it is not solid soil after all.If the siege engine is too heavy, let alone whether the soldiers can push it or not, whether it will sink into the floating soil is also a problem.

After visiting this climbing car, under the leadership of Li Hebai, Ren Ning and the others visited other crash (city) cars, hook cars, nest cars, giant crossbows, etc...

"It takes time to assemble these things, even if all the soldiers work around the clock, it will take at least two or three days." He stared coldly at Song Ping City in front of him: "We will destroy this broken city in a few days. "

Just as he was talking, the earth platform higher than the city wall was finally completed.

A soldier climbed up, took out a trumpet-shaped iron tube as a loudspeaker, and spoke fluent Nanfeng dialect.

"Hello, Nanfeng soldiers and ordinary people in Songping City! Please don't lie. It is not a siege now. You can rest assured!"

hum!
As soon as the sound from this side rang, there was indeed a strange movement on the top of the city.

However, when they saw that only one person was talking outside, and the others were doing what they were supposed to do, they stopped again.

cough!
The little soldier coughed and continued.

"We come from the Yunchui Empire in the north. The Yunchui Empire and the Nanfeng Kingdom have been good neighbors living in peace since ancient times. The cultural exchanges between the two peoples also have a long history, and even the people in the northern border intermarry with each other."

"Moreover, the Yunchui Empire has a vast territory and abundant resources. A few years ago, your prince's son even made a special trip to Emperor Yunchui to learn our culture and language. It can be said that there is no deep hatred between the two countries."

"Bullshit!" Someone in the city yelled angrily.

"Since Yunchui has everything, why did you come to attack us in Nanfeng? It was the same way more than 40 years ago, and it is the same now. Look at the fields outside the city. When you bastards came, all the farmland and crops in the village were destroyed."

"Good question!" Xiaobing laughed.

"What happened more than 40 years ago, I don't need to say it, you know who is right, so I won't say more here."

"As for this time, the soldiers and common people of Nanfeng must also be curious about why we came all the way to attack you again after more than 40 years."

"This question is better to ask your Nanfeng King and Prime Minister Pei Ruhai first, and ask them what they did to Yun Chui to force us to send troops thousands of miles away."

Immediately, he told what Nan Feng had done in these years.

"Here, I want to explain one thing first. Yun Chui sent troops to attack Nanfeng, not against ordinary people, but to seek justice."

"Countless people in Yunzhong County died because of the despicable actions of King Nanfeng and Pei Ruhai. As soldiers of Yunchui, we will not let our people die unjustly. Don't give up."

"Here, on behalf of General Yuan Xingwen of Zhennan Pass, General Wei Junqian of the Xingluo Army, the four county lieutenants of Baihua County, Xiyu County, Canglan County, and Guangxinwei, I will make a few promises."

"First, as long as the people and soldiers in the city don't help the tyrant, Yun Chui will guarantee the safety of himself and his family."

"second……"

Ren Ning and the others raised their heads and listened for a while.

Although he didn't understand a single word, he understood what the soldier on the platform said.

Heart attack thing.

call!
At this moment, a loud and clear wind whistle sounded.

A huge crossbow arrow was fired from the city head like lightning.

With a bang, he shot heavily on the earthen platform.

The earthen platform swayed, and the earth was flying all over the sky, splashing in all directions.

Nonsence!

The shouting soldier spit out a few mouthfuls of phlegm and reappeared.

The others were hiding behind the thick baffle, and the ballista attacked the earthen platform, so they didn't hurt their lives at this time.

"All Nanfeng soldiers and people, have you seen it?"

"The generals guarding the city are well aware of what King Nanfeng and Pei Ruhai have done, and they dare not even speak out to confront us. They only want to kill people to silence them."

"It's just that Yunchui is more than 30 times bigger than Nanfeng, so you can take care of yourself, don't wait until the city is broken to regret it."

Hearing the words, the defenders at the top of the city couldn't help but looked at the generals of the defenders in doubt.

(End of this chapter)